Happy Poinsettia Day!

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“Percy, the puny poinsettia is hanging his bloom in dismay.
If they had just kept him wetta, he’d be a houseplant today.” – Percy, the Puny Poinsettia

“In Mexico the plant is called La Flor de la Nochebuena or, Flower of the Holy Night and is displayed in celebration of December 12th, Dia de la Virgen. Use of the plant to celebrate Christmas in Mexico dates back to the 17th century. The flower connects to the legend of a young girl, distraught about not having anything with which to honor the Baby Jesus in a Christmas Procession. An angel tells her that any gift given with love is a wonderful gift. Later the weeds she gathers by the roadside to place around the manger miraculously transform into the beautiful red star flower we think of as Poinsettia.” — Happy Poinsettia Day!

16 comments on “Happy Poinsettia Day!”

In norway we call them Julestjerne which means Christmas star! I love them!! We always had lots of them in the house during Christmas when I grew up 🙂

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Maverick ~ on December 12, 2014 at 5:36 am said:

You taught me something that I didn’t know about the poinsettia until I looked it up – “In 1967, a self-branching cultivar called Annette Hegg was introduced by Thormod Hegg of Lier, Norway.” Thanks! 🙂

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- Trini Lind on December 12, 2014 at 5:40 am said:
  
  🙂 🙂 🙂
  
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Gorgeous captures! So vivid! Sigh ☺

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Maverick ~ on December 12, 2014 at 5:52 am said:

Thank you.

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such wonderful colors~

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Maverick ~ on December 12, 2014 at 5:43 pm said:

Thanks Cindy, kind of festive colors.

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Spectacular! And, thanks for the quick lesson on Poinsettias…I had absolutely no idea! Makes me love them all the more! 🙂 (P.s.- I thought Poinsettias did NOT like too much water? My neighbor grows these as beautiful yard shrubbery… I’ve never been so fortunate.)

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Maverick ~ on December 12, 2014 at 5:44 pm said:

Plants in the stores sometimes have foil around the pots which doesn’t drain well and holds in too much water. Poinsettias don’t like it too wet or too dry but somewhere in between with the soil slightly damp to the touch. They can be kind of picky. 🙂

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